Identification and price tag



Oct. 25, 1955 A. P. HARRIS ET AL 2,721,408

IDENTIFICATION AND PRICE TAG Filed March 23, 1953 INVENTORS.

BY Ma add W.

ATTORNEY- United States Patent 2,721,408 IDENTIFICATION AND PRICE TAG Albert P. Harris and H. David Kroll, Los Angeles, Calif.

-Application March 23, 1953, Serial No. 344,148

1 Claim. (Cl. 40-2) This invention relates to an improved identification and price tag, and relates particularly to such a tag which can be used in connection with trousers or slacks.

One of the important objects of this invention is to provide a tag of the class described which can be readily applied to the garment and without any intermediate fastening means such as pins, staples or the like.

Another important object of the invention resides in the provision of a price and identifying tag which can be readily applied to practically any type of slacks or trousers now on the market, with little, if any, change in contour or size. i

Yet another object of the invention is the provision of a price tag for garments which can be readily removed after its purpose has been served, and which removal will not necessitate the cutting of stitches or the releasing of wire staples, pins or the like.

Other and further important objects of the invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the accompanying drawings and following specification.

The invention, in a preferred form, is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the upper end of a pair of trousers or slacks showing the improved identification and price tag of this invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the tag itself, showing an average size and contour.

Figure 3 illustrates a fore-shortened tag for use with smaller or regular size garments.

Figure 4 shows still another size of tag which can be employed in larger sizes of trousers and the like.

As shown in the drawings:

The reference numeral indicates generally a pair of trousers to which the improved price and identification tag of this invention is applied. As is usual with garments of this type, a rear pocket 12 is provided, protected by a button 14, and a series of fastening straps 16 are sewed to the upper edge of the trousers for the reception of the usual belt.

The tag itself includes a main body portion 20, having a pair of tabs 22 and 24 at its upper end, which tabs are of such size and shape that they can be readily fitted under the belt supporting elements 16, and the distance between the tabs is such as to accommodate quite a variety of sizes of garments through the usual range.

These tabs 22 and 24 are defined by slots 26 and 28, which are cut into the main body portion of the tag, and the slots are of a depth sufficient to allow for variations in the distance between the belt supporting elements 16, which variations, while not great, do occur when different sizes of garments are manufactured.

At the lower end of the main body portion 20 of the tag is a pair of integral extensions 30 and 32, defined by central slot 34, and an integral extension 36 is formed in the portion 30, all as best shown in Figure 2.

The extensions 30 and 32 are adapted to be fitted into the pocket 12 of the garment, and the slot 34 allows of 2,721,408 Patented Oct. 25, 1955 a proper positioning of the extensions with respect to the fastenings for the button 14.

The extension 36 fits into and under the rearmost upper edge of the pocket 12, thereby securely retaining the lower end of the tag in desired position, while the tabs 22 and 24 will maintain the upper end of the tag under the belt strap 16.

In-Figure 3, the tabs 42 and 44 are substantially alike the tabs 22 and24 respectively of the tag 20 of Figure 2. However, the body of the tag 50 is fore-shortened to allow for a lesser distance between the upper edge of the pocket 12 and the belt strap 16. This often occurs in smaller garments. The lowermost extensions 60 and 62 approximately correspond in size and shape to the extensions 30 and 32 of the tag 20, and the fastening extension 66 is similar to the extension 36.

In Figure 4, the body 70 of the tag is longer, but the other portions are substantially the same. This type of tag is used in larger garments, and obviously the sizes may be varied to accommodate any range.

The insignia appearing on the tag will serve to identify the garment, as, for example, the brand name as indicated at 72, the lot number, size and price as indicated at 74, and any other information can obviously be placed on the tag in such a manner as to render it immediately visible to anyone inspecting the garment, whereby this information will be readily available and will also be more legible due to the fact that tags of this size can be made larger than the ordinary price or identification tags heretofore employed.

It will be evident that herein is provided an identifying price tag for garments, particularly trousers and slacks, which is readily applied, much more easily read, and which will not fall off even under the most severe conditions of handling. Further, removal when desired is simple and easy, and the usual stitches, pins, staples or the like are eliminated.

Many accidents have occurred, some of them serious, through scratches and cuts resulting from pins, wire staples and other fastening means used in attaching such tags to garments, which misfortunes are avoided by the use of the tags of this invention.

The use of an identification and price tag such as devised by applicants will save a great deal of expense, particularly the cost of labor involved in fastening such tags to the garment by old-fashioned means. Stitching, stapling, pinning or other fastening devices require a great deal of time, which adds to the cost of each garment.

It also often happens that even after price and identification tags have been applied to a lot of garments, the purchaser, such as a wholesaler or retailer, wishes to have a different type of tag applied. This necessitates removing of the original tag and replacing the same by the one which the customers specify, and in this case, the original labor is often tripled so far as the old methods are concerned. The tags of this invention can be readily removed and replaced with a minimum expendi ture of time and labor.

It frequently happens that a large retail store may wish for a special promotion label, in which case the placards which the manufacturer originally uses on a garment will have to be replaced. With the price tag of this invention, the original cards, after removal, are still in perfect shape, as removal can be accomplished without cutting or tearing. Such original cards may of course be reused by the manufacturer on another lot of garments with full salvage. 1

We are aware that many changes may be made and numerous details of construction varied throughout a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and we therefore do not propose limiting the 3 patent granted hereon otherwise than as necessitated by the prior art.

We claim as our invention:

An identification and price tag for trousers and thelike comprising a main body portion, a pair of integral tabs comprising the upper end of the body, horizontal slots defining the tabs, a pair of downwardly projecting tabs at the lower end of the body, one of the tabs at the lower end of the body including an integral hook portion, an inwardly cut slot defining said hooked portion, the upper tabs adaptedto fit under the belt supporting element for the trousers and the lower tabs adapted to be inserted into the adjacent rear pocket ofjhe garment,

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Wilder Aug. 6, 1940 Williamson Dec. 6, 1949 

